The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-12-02


! Wet wig with gaUze seams. This wig
| costs > more, and II extra quality hair OF
/ hnc looking gray or other rare color is
/ wanted lts value may be as high as $50.
] In gauze scam wig the parting Of the
! hair IS on gauze, and the wig is more de-
| ceptive. The gauzc shows up white in
! imitation OF the natural scalp. 1t takes
more art 10 do this, and extra art costs
! money.
WITH HAIR NET SEAN.
- Ambitious bald heads NAV buv the
welt wig with hair net seam. This is an
improvement still over the Cauze seam.
and such improvements cost - each
gray hair extra rates. Wig manufacture
ers describe this rs 'the highest perfec-
ton vet reached in the wigmaker's art
Tor 1t IS impossible 10 distinguish it from
the haDitual parting, and hence this wig
possesses the valuable desiderstum OF
combining naturalness and durability"
NIgmakers always spell wig with a big
W, and use Latin words in describing it.
10 show their knowledge Of the antiquity
and dignity OF cOncealers of badness.
he ventilated wig, with the hair net
seam, Is the top notch in wigs, and costs
from so up. 1t is IN invention in which
proper wig manufacturers take great
lr.le. y special crochet needle. has been
invented Tor the making OF this wig and
with hair net seam, ventilation and all,
weighs only an ounce and q quarter for
moderate sized heads, and an ounce and
hall for big heads
Five measurements are TO be made TO
have wig q good fit, and if the bald
man head Is lopsded, or if the bumps
are improperly developed, more measure
ments vii. have 10 he taken Measure.
ment 80. ! Is around the head from the
top OF the forehead, where the roots of
the prlmeval hair were, down over the
ears, and around the base OF the skull.
he next measurement is from the rem
nants OF ha'r roots on the forehead TO the
base OF the head, IL a straight line back
over the cXpance Of badness. The tape
line IS then 70 be run from ear to ear over
the forehead 10 fix the longitude, and
from ear TO ear over the top OF the head
70 make sure OF the latitude Of the ears.
from tempe 10 temple around the back
o. the head fixes the dimensions OF the
rear forehead. With all these full in
EesuSatons must Oe made as 10 whether
the person hair was straight or curly.
lts color, where it was parted, long or
short, and thick or thin. Bald headed
people usually prefer to have their new
la Ike their old, but ii they are not
particular and none of their old hair is
lelt 10 betray them, they can change the
part and shade and Try innovations. Ii
i
best families OF bald heads TO wear a
curly wig one day and a straight haired
wig the next, though the part may be
transferred from one side 10 the other if
attention Is not called TO it.
REALISTIC EFFECT.
Some bald headed people with con-
sciences do not cover al. their badness
but leave little exposed, thereby adding
10 The realistic effect OF their wigs For
rs| aud FF.r-- f,sE 81 L.
galn tOupecs are made. The plain name
Tor touPees IS scalp wigs. 1t Is easier TO
order a toupee than a wig. Here are full
directions that people out in the country
can take advantage Of:
Gut piece OF paper the size Of tho
PAD surface on the top OF the head then
lay II on this surface and p!3it the t.Gr.s
Tat so that the paper VIII tit close. and
cover the bald part completely, thus Civ
ing the exact shape OF the head then
draw line with a lead pencil where YOU
had parted yOuT hair Now secure the
Ila.ts with needle and thread so that
they VIII not come out; after which YOU
can ioid your paper pattern and inclose
with sample OF hair, together with in
Structons IN envelope, lor transmission
by post.
instructions and a check for pavmcDt
are sale things TO send with the measure
n.ent. The checks run from SIOup. ac-
COIdng 10 the size OF the bald SPOT and
the hair OF the bald man. 4 toupce can
Oe stuck T. the head so il viii moi fall OF
or be affected by raising the hat. 1t
should be takeu of every night and
rcsiuck the next morning The plain
welt touPce costs $40, the gauze seam .
extra, and the ventilated gauzc seam s.
more. Gray toupees cost extra. Toupees
with hair net seam and gauze or iniita-
ton hair net foundation, which are CON
sidercd IN the manufacturer catalogues
10 be the very acme Of plriectiOn IN
every way cost so.
All these wigs and toupces are for
men. Tor women they cost more, as a
woman wig takes more hair and tho
price runs up 10 anything women wantto
pay, though the usual prices range from
80 TO 500. Woman are measured the
same as men, and the directions printed
above for men viii DO for women lust ss
well Women's wigs are in far greater
varieties than mems, Besides the full
Wig and the toupees they have innumera-
ble styles OF false fronts and half and
quarter wigs. The false fronts can be
made so elaborate IS to comb back on
the head and conceal partial baIduess.-
NcW York sun.